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A Chinese factory owned by South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix halted operations on Sunday after a plant worker was found to have an asymptomatic infection of the novel coronavirus, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The Korean worker based at the plant in the megacity of Chongqing since February had left on Thursday for South Korea, the report said.
He was tested at Incheon airport in Seoul and confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday.
All factory staff as well as staff and recent guests at the hotel where the worker lived had been isolated and given nucleic acid tests, the report said.
“We’re cooperating with the local government on their containment efforts, and at the same time trying to resume production as soon as possible,” a SK Hynix spokesman said.
He declined to comment on the impact the suspension would have.


SK Hynix, the world’s No 2 memory chip maker, employs about 2,700 workers in the Chongqing facility, including some Koreans.
The city had carried out nucleic acid tests on 3,283 people, with 2,674 found negative, Xinhua said. Almost 500 environmental samples had also been collected, and all found negative.
China reported 11 new coronavirus cases on the mainland for November 28, compared with six cases a day earlier, health authorities said earlier on Sunday.
All of the new infections were imported cases, the National Health Commission said in a statement. There were no new deaths.
China also reported 10 new asymptomatic patients, compared with four a day earlier.
As of November 28, mainland China had a total of 86,512 confirmed coronavirus cases, it said.
China’s death toll from the coronavirus remained unchanged at 4,634.


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A South Korean employee based in Chongqing confirmed with the virus on trip back to Seoul
All factory staff isolated and given nucleic acid tests



South Korean employee based in Chongqing confirmed with the virus on trip back to Seoul.


Coronavirus: work stops at South Korean chip plant in China after positive test

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} A South Korean employee based in Chongqing confirmed with the virus on trip back to Seoul All factory staff isolated and given nucleic acid tests

A South Korean employee based in Chongqing confirmed with the virus on trip back to Seoul

All factory staff isolated and given nucleic acid tests